Cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Momand, Afghanistan's first citizen in space, has died at age 67 ...
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A pilot in the Afghan Air Force, he was recruited for the Soviet space program. His 1988 flight took place as the Soviets were fighting a war in his country.
Pakistan says it targeted militant hideouts along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in response to militant attacks across Pakistan. Afghanistan condemned the strikes as acts of aggression.
At least 28 civilians were killed and 49 injured in airstrikes carried out in Paktya, Paktika and Kunar provinces in Afghanistan on Sunday evening, the UN Mission in the country has reported.
The Taliban said that airstrikes left 36 civilians dead, while Pakistan claimed that its assault killed 32 militants, in the latest in a monthslong conflict.
The attacks on Monday were the latest flare-up of violence between the two countries, which fought a weeks-long war in February ...
Pakistani officials say security forces have targeted militant hideouts in a major operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar says the operation follows multiple militant attacks across the ...
Pakistani security forces Sunday carried out an intelligence-based ground operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, followed by "calibrated strikes.
Pakistani officials say its security forces have launched a major operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, targeting militant hideouts.
Pakistan says it carried out a ground operation and strikes along the border with Afghanistan, killing 29 militants.